Bill Clinton Quotes

A dynamic economy, with more citizens working and paying taxes, will be our strongest tool to bring down budget deficits

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

The surpluses of the [19]90s were the result of a growing economy. They were not the result of government policy.

At the same time, Clinton was doing a lot things right, like the economy.

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.

As long as we're focused on spending, there are only two ways to do that: One is spend less, and Democrats have no solutions for that. Or we have pro-growth policies that make the economy grow so the dead-weight cost of government becomes a smaller percentage of the economy and therefore less expensive.

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing that.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

You just don't see people running through the streets to have the deficit cut.

Without deficit reduction, we cannot have sustained economic growth.

The issue is not growth verses fiscal responsibility. We need both!

Getting the budget balanced, regulatory reform, tax reform - I think these lead to economic growth.

The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.

Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.

Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth.

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not.

All of Obama's policies are working against economic growth, not for it, and Republicans ought to be talking about it and they're not. We need to take a stand.